In small cities of the United States, NPOs, as the staff in them is engaged in part-time work, performs their duties primarily without payment or for a symbolic reward. Society has millions of volunteers – students of schools and universities, townspeople, churches and corporations involved in philanthropy. All are engaged in cleaning their neighborhoods from debris, planting trees, controlling the protection of natural resources and wildlife, eliminating the effects of natural disasters, maintaining public order in the streets and clean parks. These volunteers are politically unbiased and operate outside the city administration, often speaking on the need to address issues and concerns in society. (King & Griffin, 2017).
In the United States, the non-profit sector (NA) has a developed structure and extensive connections throughout the world by the establishment of non-profit organizations like the Ronald McDonalds House organization. The targets of different non-profit organizations are always different in the case of Ronald McDonald House, their main target is children and their welfare. They aim at providing extensive support to the individuals living in areas that don’t provide choices for treatments, which can add to the demise of the recovery from the illness or injury. (Brudney, Russell & Fischer, 2016). In the USA, civil society institutions were formed historically much earlier than in Europe, and their reproduction did not meet any obstacles on the part of the state. Moreover, these institutions extended their democratic structure, norms, and values to relations with the authorities, as a result of which an agreement was reached on the adoption of uniform legal norms and public values (“public contract”). It covers human rights organizations, 90% of childcare centers, the vast majority of primary and secondary schools, 50% of colleges and universities, religious missions, 2/3 of social service centers, numerous groups of volunteers, cultural and educational organizations (museums, libraries) , art galleries, botanical gardens, nature reserves, zoos and symphony orchestras); over 60% of general clinics and hospital complexes, associations of consumers, pensioners, teachers of schools and universities, 67% of centers for conducting basic scientific research, etc. The activities of NGOs are based on certain principles, among which the main ones are the principles of solidarity and cooperation (Gálvez-Rodríguez, Caba-Pérez & López-Godoy, 2016).
Ethical Challenges Faced by NGOs
Ronald McDonald House worked for the fulfillment of the House Charities and received support from the McDonald’s food chain franchise, they worked in order to fulfill the need of their children and their families as well. McDonald’s provided support by infusing the marketing and emotional aspects in order to promote Ronald McDonald House and its aim of supporting the children in